Technical difficulties

However, the part of the federal system that sends that information has not been completed for all states. Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Illinois, South Carolina and Arizona are among those still waiting, according to NewsOk.com.

“As a result, tens of thousands of applicants have been left in limbo — without coverage that was supposed to begin Jan. 1,” reported Kaiser Health News.

Jennie Melendez from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority told NewsOK.com that the completion date for the federal side of the system keeps getting delayed, while Oklahoma finished constructing its side Dec. 9.

As if that isn’t enough, the Spanish language version of the healthcare website (CuidadoDeSalud.gov) has its own set of problems. According to News9, the website launched more than two months late, there are translation issues (because it’s apparently difficult to hire a Spanish-speaking translator instead of using an inaccurate computer translator) and applicants were redirected to forms written in English, which defeats the purpose of even having a Spanish website and is, well, just plain rude.